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William Porter Higgins
18 Jan 1864 – 28 Nov 1934
| Birth | 18 Jan 1864 |
| Death | 28 Nov 1934 |
| Cemetery | Wyuka Cemetery Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | dzr130 on 03 Jan 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70411210 |
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SOURCE: Biographical sketches of the Nebraska Legislature; and national and state officers of Nebraska (1895) PAGE 136 -BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. - HON. WILLIAM P. HIGGINS, WESTCOTT, NEBRASKA POPULIST representative from the fifty-sixth district, was born in Harrison county, Mo., January 18, 1864. In 1875 he came with his father's family to Custer county, Douglas Grove township, and he is still living there. He attended the common schools, and later entered the Baptist Seminary at Gibbon in 1882, where he remained two years, after which he went one year to the Methodist Episcopal College at York. His father's death made it necessary for him to return home in the spring of 1885 to take charge of the farm, and he is still farming near the town of Westcott. Mr. Higgins was elected supervisor on the county board in the fall of 1886, as a republican, but joined the populists in 1889. In 1892 he was sent to the legislature from his district, and he was re-elected in the fall of 1894. Mr. Higgins serves on the committee on engrossed and enrolled bills, and public lands and buildings. He is greatly interested in the relief work of the legislature and in all legislation pertaining to irrigation. On these subjects he frequently takes the floor and always talks briefly and to the point. ------------------------------------------------ Proof of relation to Adrian A. Higgins Household:1880 Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Adron (ADRIAN) A. HIGGINS Self M Male W 65 NC Farmer NC NC Mary E. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 53 TN Keeps House TN TN Safrona HIGGINS Dau S Female W 25 MO At Home NC TN Nancy HIGGINS Dau S Female W 18 MO At Home NC TN William P. HIGGINS Son S Male W 16 MO Farm Laborer NC TN Lizzie E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 14 MO At Home NC TN Elisina HIGGINS Dau S Female W 12 MO At Home NC TN Alfred A. HIGGINS Son S Male W 10 MO Attend School NC TN Hattie HIGGINS GDau S Female W 4 NE At Home MO MO Mary J. HIGGINS Other Female W 30 IL Keeps House NC TN Source Information: Census Place Precinct 3, Custer, Nebraska Family History Library Film 1254745 NA Film Number T9-0745 Page Number 276A Provided by contributor dzr130
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- Mary Jane Higgins Roy 1841–1913
- Martha Catherine Higgins Hale 1850–1929
- Sophronia Higgins Predmore 1853–1947
- Amanda Eliza Higgins Crouch 1858–1944
- Nancy Rebekah Higgins Gaddis 1862–1942
- Elizabeth Ellen "Lizzie" Higgins Graham 1865–1932
- Ella Higgins Smith 1868–1954
- Alfred Anglin Higgins 1870–1946
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